Actually just a link to more info on the muscle contraction and quantum tunneling (also known as Rooney's foot) topic referred to in the previous blog.
An early application of solitons in biology was proposed by Davydov (1982). He suggested that they may play a role in the process of muscle contraction and relaxation (Also Pang, 2001, dealing with the criticism that solitons may not be very robust at body temperature). This model also serves to introduce the concept that in living processes there exists a unique relationship between energy and structure.
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